picken
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪkŋ/
- IPA(key): /ˈpikŋ/, [ˈb̥iɡ̥ŋ] (Austria)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pi‧cken
- Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
Etymology 1
From Middle High German bicken, from Old High German bicken, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”).
Alternative forms
Verb
picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)
- to peck (of a bird)
- Der Vogel hat schon wieder an die Fensterscheibe gepickt. ― The bird pecked at the window pane yet again.
- Die Hühner pickten ihr Futter. ― The chickens pecked their food.
Etymology 2
Same as Etymology 1.
Verb
picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary haben)
- to pick (to grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails)
- Mit viel Mühe pickte er die letzte Olive aus dem Glas. ― With much effort he picked the last olive out of the jar.
Conjugation
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Etymology 3
From Middle High German bichen, pichen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle High German pech, bech (“pitch”), from Old High German peh, beh, from Proto-West Germanic *pik (“pitch, tar, wood resin”), from Latin pix (“pitch, tar”). Compare Pech.
Verb
picken (weak, third-person singular present pickt, past tense pickte, past participle gepickt, auxiliary sein or haben)
Conjugation
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